Re: problem with the installation

[Jochen Hoenicke]

On Dec 1, Steffen Hausmann wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> my grub doesn't boot proberly.
> each time when stage2 should be loaded there occures a 'GRUB read error'.
> 
> i've two harddrives an older 6 GB one with windows on it and a new
> 30 GB one with windows and after it linux on it.
> i put the stage2 to file on the older 6 GB disk.
> 
> then i installed grub by the following commands:
> embed (hd0,0)/grub/fat_stage_1_5 (hd0) [result 14]
> install (hd0,0)/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+14/boot/stage2

This command is wrong.  You should really use "setup (hd0) (hd0,0)"
instead.  You should then put the grub file into the directory
"/boot/grub" on (hd0,0).

The correct install command in your case is:
install (hd0,0)/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+14 (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 
(hd0,0)/grub/menu.lst

> what might be interesting is that if i try to start linux by typing
> kernel (hd1,5)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb8 there is an error message:
> Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximumsupported by BIOS, but if
> i repeat the command there is no message at all and it i type boot
> the system is getting up correct.

I don't have an idea what can cause this.

  Jochen